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| India declare first innings cricket at 387 for 8 against Bangladesh
India declared their first innings at 387 for 8 on the fourth day of the first
cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.
Brief scores: India (1st innings) 387 for 8 declared
in 98.5 overs (S Tendulkar 101, S Ganguly 100, R Dravid 61, D Kaarthick 56,
MS Dhoni 36; M Mortaza 4/97, S Hoss....
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| Pakistani Players termed Inzamam Ul Haq autocratic
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam ul Haq was preceived as an "autocrat"
by different players of his team, a member of the Performance Evaluation Committee
(PEC) that probed Pakistan's failure at the cricket World Cup said.
Various players, who had played with Inzamam, gave their feed....
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| India to play cricket tri series in Bangladesh in 2008 2009
India have agreed to play a tri-series in Bangladesh with Pakistan
as the third side in 2008 or 2009.
The matter was discussed at a meeting between the BCCI top brass and
their counterparts in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) here last night.
"We have agreed to play the tri-series in....
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| BCCI should consult players before appointing cricket coach Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar wants the BCCI to consider the players' views while appointing
the new coach for the Indian cricket team.
Speaking to newspersons after scoring his 36th ton in the first Test against Bangladesh,
Tendulkar said he was not aware of the BCCI's seven-member coach selection panel
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| Indian Cricket team 295 for 3 at stumps on Day 1
Electing to bat, India made 295 for three on the opening day of the first cricket
Test against Bangladesh here today.
Brief scores: India: 295 for 3 in 77 overs (Dinesh Kaarthick
56, R Dravid 61, S Tendulkar 80 batting, S Ganguly 82 batting).....
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| Bob Woolmer had no enemies said Jamaica Police
Jamaican Police Deputy commissioner Mark Shields has said Bob Woolmer
had "no enemies" who could have harmed the Pakistan cricket coach
but investigators were obliged to treat the death as a murder on the basis of
pathology reports.
Shields, who was in Cape Town for a week interv....
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| Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly lead India recovery
Bangladesh picked up two crucial wickets to peg back India in the post-lunch
session of on a rain-truncated opening day's play in the first cricket Test here
today.
Opener Dinesh Kaarthick (56) and skipper Rahul Dravid (61), who
were going great guns before lunch, went back in quick succes....
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| Rahul Dravid and Murali Kaarthick sizzles with half centuries
Skipper Rahul Dravid and opener Dinesh Kaarthick hit strokeful half-centuries
to lead India to a comfortable 113 for one at lunch on the opening day of first
cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.
Kaarthick (54 batting) and Dravid (52 batting) were involved in a rollicking unfinished
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| Unfit Munaf Patel called back, Ishant Sharma inducted as replacement
India suffered another setback in the bowling department with Munaf Patel
being called back from the Bangladesh tour after being declared unfit due
to a lower back spasm.
Patel strained himself while bowling in the nets yesterday and had to sit out
of the first Test against Bangladesh that....
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| Talismanic Anil Kumble ready for another Cricket battle
His partners may come and go, but Anil Kumble goes on forever.
The World Cup severely dented the reputation of many
an established player in the Indian team, but with the exception of Kumble.
The 35-year-old leggie has come through several crises in his
17-year-long playing career. Po....
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| Pakistan Cricket team leaves for Abu Dhabi ODI Series
The new look Pakistan cricket squad prepared to fly out to Abu Dhabi
today to play a one-day series against Sri Lanka with new captain, Shoaib Malik exhorting his team to get back to winning ways.
Malik also made it clear he was not under any pressure leading the side for the
first time in a....
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| England West indies cricket series live on ESPN STAR Sports
West Indies' cricket tour of England comprising four Tests, two Twenty20
matches and three one-dayers -- will be telecast live on ESPN STAR Sports.
The Test series starts tomorrow at Lord's and will end on the June 19.
The Tests would be followed by a break of eight days.
The teams will then....
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| Australia always striving for perfection John Buchanan
Former Australian coach John Buchanan, who joined the world champion team
in 1999 with an "error-free" mantra, said the players were still to
play a flawless game but were motivated to pursue pefection.
Buchanan said the Australians may not have a perfect game but they have a perfe....
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| Indian Cricket League not meant to confront BCCI
Asserting that the Indian Cricket League was not meant to antagonise the
BCCI, former player and one of the directors on ICL's executive
board Kiran More said the planned series would contribute to the game's
growth in the country.
"We should see the ICL as an opportunity which will p....
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| Indian Cricket Team targets clean sweep tomorrow Rahul Dravid
Unwilling to lose momentum after clinching the series, Indian skipper Rahul David today stressed that his team will stick to the target of making a clean
sweep of the three-match series to gear up for tougher challnges in the coming
months.
"We are very keen [to make it 3-0]. That was o....
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